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Re: Technological Singularity

A wearable computer from the inside out.  No messy
cranial jacks.  Just nanobots sending nano tendrils/data lines directly into
the synapses.  Would this be augmented
intelligence???

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Knight" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:18 AM
Subject: RE: Technological Singularity

> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Matt Dismukes wrote:
> >     Another key idea is a network of  microscopic
> >     computers that float in the air. You unknowingly inhale them, and
the
> >     operator is able to read your neurons (i.e., your thoughts). How are
> >     your gonna fit code, cpu, and radio transceiver in a bacterium-sized
> >     package? Vinge doesn't say what it's made of.
>
> I've not read the book (too busy for fiction at the moment!) but for this
> there is always the promise of nano-scale computers.  These would use
> molecular scale components and you could easily fit the the cpu into a
> mote of dust.  The tricky bit might be the radio transceiver as you get
> into the nasty world of analogue RF design (where lengths matter).  I
> guess you could program the nano-machine to attach itself to the "host"
> and then use then either grow an antenna or use the host's body as one.
>
> Now that's what I call a wearable PC... :-)
>
> Tatty bye,
>
> Jim'll
>
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